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6 states siding against a supreme court decision to deny access to federal authorities seems big, if thats happened in my lifetime I've not heard of it before

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[-] Vampire@hexbear.net 15 points 10 months ago

I've not

Is this contraction a midwestern US thing? Or some other dialect?

Most English dialects contract to "I haven't". Some parts of England do the "I've not" thing, but I rarely've heard Americans do it.

[-] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 16 points 10 months ago

Just anecdotally as an American in the South, Midwest or Great Plains (try and find me now FBI): In other circumstances you definitely can use I've in American English, like "I've been waiting," and "I've not" doesn't sound unnatural to me, just a little stuffy, but "I haven't" is for sure more common.

[-] edge@hexbear.net 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

We should all start using the clearly superior I'ven't.

My favorite is contracting "you all are not" to "y'all'ren't" (rhymes with tolerant). There's also "y'all'dn't've", "you all (would|could|should) not have". No one intends to say those, but I think a US Southerner talking at a natural or fast pace might end up saying them.

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[-] Egon@hexbear.net 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Seems like the US version of brexit in the making: Some right-wing politicians are grandstanding to their base, the neolibs and the cons don't expect it to escalate further, but their rabid supporters want it to, so it will, completely surprising all at the head of this movement.
Or maybe they manage to roll a de-dice-6 de-dice-6 once more, and this whole crisis is delayed a bit further again

[-] Kaboom@reddthat.com 9 points 10 months ago
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